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 Library
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+- Issue #18787: spwd.getspnam() now raises a PermissionError if the user
+  doesn't have privileges.
+
 - Issue #26560: Avoid potential ValueError in BaseHandler.start_response.
   Initial patch by Peter Inglesby.